A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:32:57 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000c10x. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000c10x. Exact location of earthquake, 45.5031° East, 34.6486° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 06:32:57 / January 5, 2018 @ 6:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Miqdādīyah, Pāveh, Tozkhurmato. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km WNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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